The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-08-19

The Great" Race.
The much talked of trotting race be-
tween Nellie B, of Kimball. and Patch
en-, of Pukwana, for $3.50. n side took
| place Monday as advertised and proved
a great disappointment to the large
crowd present. a heavy rain on the
Friday night previous and one again on
Sunday night made the track in a very
bad c~ondition-anl fast time impossible.
1t was gen rally thought Monday morn
ing that the race would have to be post
poned as the lowering. clouds and o n
dition of the weather threatened more
rain, but the sun now and then peeped
through, and as both. the interested
parties were anxious to have the race
come off, it was decided to start the
horses. By loon the city was filled with
visitors from all sections of the country
extending evel as far us Sioux City.
From towns and cities within a radius of
fifty miles people came by scores. 1t
was ono of the largest crowds ever in
Kimball, and, of course, the great ma
jority of the visitors sought the race
track soon after dinner. The judges
selected were DR.. g. J. Ross and John
Waugh, of Kimball, and Fl. G. Phelps,
of Chamberlain. Nellie B drew tho
pole, and when the horses were called to
the score a few minutes before 3 O'Clock
the excitement was intense. They got
\ p,n ~ ,l, f.,,,L ,t-,,t D.taL1,
taking the lead on the first turn, the grey
mare going into the air, The big stall
lion steadily drew away and before the
quarter pole was reached it was plain to
be seen that not only the heat was his
but the race rs we'll. lie trotted free and
in the best of shape, while the mare act
ed badly. She wouldn't keep her feet
and when she did trot it was with no
elasticity of movement. To max" n
long story short Taft took no chances;
and sending old Patchen for all he was
worth distanccd the mare, thus abruptly
terminating what WAS expected to be a
close and exciting. race. The time was
3oSt. 1t was II bitter disappointment to
many Who had come n long ways to see
the trot as well rs to those who had so
literally backed Nellie b. Especially
was this true of Mr.. Bird, her owner,
who had every reason to believe she
would win the race Notwithstanding she
was suffering from a slight attack of dis
temper. To add to the general disap-
pointment the green race advertised did
not take place, only one horse putting in
an appearance, that of DR.. Hollinger's,
the balance having Withdrawn.
After the race was over the crowd dis
pcrsed. a large number going to the ball
grounds to witness a game of ball be-
tween the fats.. and leans, and the bal
ance to amuse themselves as best they
could.
NoTEs OF THE DAY.
"Patcileu" never was in better sha pc.
Dad Robinson rugged out the
''phats'' in great shape.
Castalia. thirty miles away, WAS par
ticularly well represented.
"Ev Stewart and Hank" Blocscr are
minus Il watch an COW respectively.
The freight waited three hours to ac-
comodatc visitors from points cast.
Charley Blodgett was the happicst
man in town. Mark Ward yrinned some,
90.
The GRAPHIC Office was bcsei-cd with
callers from the n~eighboring towns ali
the forenoon.
One Kimball man lost his COW and dog
on the race. BE afterwards redeemed
the dog and let the cow go.
Percy made a three base hit and thef
get, T+st. CIT wiaie running ali over cen
ter field looking for second base.
+ George Sewers, pitcher for tbs
! ''phats," didn't have much control o
i. the ball, but the control he had owe,
, himself was wonderful.
: "Patchen" had as many friends ii
!, Kitnball as anywhere. Those who want
ed to bet against him Were readily &C
c.modated by Eimball men.
Mr.. Taft says "Patchen" is 13 year
old. while several Kimball parties VIII,
claim to have known the horse since h
y was foalcd say he is 1S.
w. w. Wyant, playing second has
for the leans. was quite severely injured
;, by Sewers running against him, strikini
him in the ribs with his knee.
About sixty couples attended til
. dance at the opera house and all SCENE
to enjoy themselves hugely until 4 a. Ii
The Bohemian band furnished the mt
sic.
what makes nc so cusscd mad.
y said a kimhall man after the race, SIS t.
think l bet the last two dollars | ha
a against ten that neither horse wouldA
l. distanccd."
The press was pretty waIfreprcsentet
y We ran across Lucas, of the Castalia II
pubhedn, Burkholdcr, of the Chambc
u lain Democrat. Shipley, of the Pukwan
Press andiHyle of the Buffalo Count
Sentinel.
The large crowd present was DIT
TX solelf.to the gratuitous advertising of Il
T. Kimball papers. 1t is a slight illustrt
OF tion.ef p~otcntacy held by the local pre-
s. and why it is justified in claiming to
Al an important factor in city's prospc
III ity.
y, Nellie b was given = private trial c
~ the track Tuesday evening in the pre-
oice of the editor of the GKAPuIc. 81
trottcd beautifully, without a skip or
break, and so differently from her wol
on the afternoon previous as to tho
er oughiy convince us that she was not
II. weilAnllIal OF that day.
n. The gam. of ball between the fats al
Is leans attracted Il very large crowd, b
IN the game proved less interesting thi
C. would have been the case had the min
been made up oi fat and lean mel I
nc spcctively., This together with the pre-